Shit, I completely forgot how it would look to have her at my house! 

“Oh-uh, yeah. It’s just a street down. Kian will drop me off…” Caitlin murmurs. Phew, thank you for her quick thinking. 

Mateo scoots to the window beside us, tilting his head innocently. “That’s odd, I could've sworn you lived near Willow Creek…like Kian told me,” he says with a smug grin. Oh, how I hate you so much, Mateo.

Caitlin stumbles on her words, “Well, I–” 

But I cut her off. “Well, we’ll see you guys at school on Monday –Bye!” I blurt out. I swiftly hold Caitlin’s waist, guiding her away from these idiots.

“Oh, we see! Do you need us to drop by the convenience store?” Leah shouts, teasing us with a chuckle. God damn it, Leah! You too? 

“Yeah, safety first after all!” Mateo smirks. I flip them off as we approach the door. As the car slowly starts moving, Teagan shouts, “Just remember to be mindful! We don’t want any noise complaints!” Before driving off. 

Oh my god, I’m probably a new shade of red. I nervously glance at Caitlin to see she’s not any better. 

“...Sorry about them,” I mumble, failing to unlock the door. 

With a soft chuckle, she reassures, “It’s okay.” 

The door finally opens, “Y-Yeah…We can go to my room,” I sigh as we kick off our shoes. We head to said room, thankfully I cleaned it prior.

“I’ll be back,” I tell her as I quickly change into something comfy. I grab her some of my spare clothes as well, but I don’t know if my heart could handle the sight…

I come out to see Caitlin looking at the clutter set around. “This is cute,” she hums, looking at the little Chef Mouse that Mateo got for my birthday. 

She turns around as I extend the clothes out. “These are my clothes, I figured you’d want to be in something comfortable –Of course, I can grab something from my sister’s if you don’t want to,” I explain nervously. 

She takes them off my hand, “These are fine, thank you,” she says with a cute smile before heading into my bathroom. Once I see the doors close, I fall onto my bed like an idiot. I hide my face in my hands, I can’t believe this is happening. 

She’s in MY room in MY clothes. Pinch me, someone!

Once I get myself together, I look for a movie to watch. Eventually, Caitlin comes out from the bathroom and I swear, I forgot how to breathe. 

“What? Do I look dumb?” Caitlin says with a raised brow. 

“No…you look great –I mean, you look–” Fucking hell, Kian! She chuckles, walking over to sit beside me on my bed. I might actually pass out with how nervous I am right now. This is pathetic!

“Um, I found this movie; Calm At Night. It’s a horror movie,” I tell her after my little embarrassment. 

“Sure! It sounds interesting!” She beams…

***

It’s sad to admit that I was not paying attention to the movie whatsoever. I was far too hyper-aware of Caitlin to even be able to think of anything else! We are wrapped in a throw blanket, and she’s resting her head on my shoulder as I hold her from the side. I try to stay still, I don’t want to risk her moving away! I can’t believe the hold this girl has on me and we aren’t even dating yet! 

“Are you alright,” she suddenly asks, looking up at me. I nod, trying to act as if I was watching the movie. “It’s just…I know you said nothing has to happen, but…” She stops her sentence as our eyes meet. I feel my heart about to jump out as she cups my face, inching closer. 

It’s not long before our lips meet, starting out slow with multiple little kisses. 

But then we begin deeper kisses, ones that are leaving me breathless. Suddenly, Caitlin moves to sit on my lap. I curse under my breath, not expecting it at all.

“...sorry, is it too–” 

I cut her off, “No…it’s alright.” We stare at one another for a moment before diving right back into it. I feel her fingers intertwine in my hair. My hands continue to rest on her waist, but she’s quick to guide them down to her thighs. 

I get a rush of courage, and my hands caress her legs. I feel her tremble slightly over me, something that excited me more than I’d like to admit when I hear something.

*CLICK* 

Shit! I push Caitlin off, maybe with too much force... “Fuck, I’m sorry –my mom’s home,” I whisper. Her eyes widen, and she quickly moves off as I signal her to hide in my closet. 

“Kian? Are you awake?” Mom shouts from downstairs. Caitlin hides as the footsteps approach. 

“Kian?” She says again, her voice sounding closer. In a panic, I stay put on the bed when I notice…shit. I cover myself with the throw blanket. 

“Uh…yeah, what’s up?” I finally answer back, trying to sound normal. As expected, she opens the door without a knock. 

“What are you doing up late?” She grumbles, looking at the movie playing. 

“I couldn’t sleep…so yeah,” I mumble with a nervous chuckle. Please don’t tell me I look questionable, especially since “Little Kian” decided now is a great time to be awake –I mean, how could I be fine after making out with someone?! It doesn’t help that Mom is just looking at me, not uttering a single word. 

“Did you get scared? You look red and…” Mom stops her sentence, and I see her expression drop. Oh my god, end me. She noticed, didn’t she? “Uh…just make sure to go to sleep,” she says in a hurry before closing my door. I can’t believe that happened, I just want to sink into my bed….

I hear a distant quiet laugh from the closet. I rub my temple, seeing as I’m now decent after being mortified, and walk over to her, 

“It’s hilarious, huh?” I huff, leaning against the closet doorway as the girl’s laughter grows louder. I can’t help but laugh as well, this whole situation is stupid!

“Oh my god, I’m sorry,” she chuckles, wiping a tear. But all I can think of right now is how cute she looks with her contagious smile. I cup her face once she calms down. Our eyes meet, and I lean down to kiss her. 

“You’re lucky you’re cute,” I tease as our lips linger close. She rolls her eyes, getting on her toes to kiss me again when we hear footsteps again. We pull away but break into a quiet laugh with how we both darted our heads. 

We walk out of the closet when Caitlin turns around to look at me. “Um…I should probably go home,” she whispers. 

“Yeah…I didn’t think my mom would be home this early,” I whisper back as she’s grabbing her stuff. “I can walk you back once my mom’s asleep,” I continue. 

“How will you know?” She asks with a raised eyebrow. 

“She snores…very loudly,” I chuckle. 

***

It doesn’t take long for my mom to fall asleep, she’s probably exhausted…

We slowly headed downstairs, the anxiety of staying quiet was oddly amusing. We were smiling like idiots, murmuring quietly and giggling over every little thing.

Once we are safely out, I hold Caitlin’s hand. “You purposefully took long putting on your shoes, didn’t you?” She huffs. 

I shrug my shoulders, “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I smile. She playfully pinches my side as we continue to walk. 

We chatted the whole way through, my cheeks were aching with how much I was smiling. We eventually arrive, and I’ll admit that I wish the walk was longer…

“I had a lot of fun today…thank you,” Caitlin beams, continuing to hold hands outside her house.

“I think I should be thanking you, this was all your idea,” I explain. 

“Still, I like being with you. And, well, I really like you,” she blushes. Though, I’m not any better at hiding my blush either. 

“I-I really like you, too,” I say back, blushing from head to toe. 

She suddenly places her hand on my nape, uttering before diving into a kiss. “Good, I want people to know you’re mine,” she purrs. Holy shit…that’s not fair. Why is she so good at making me flustered?? Wait –shit, does this mean she wants to make it official?? Before I get to ask, Caitlin waves goodbye with the last few kisses. 

Crap…Now I’ll be overthinking this. Maybe she didn’t mean it like that and it’d seem too forward if I do assume that. I hit my forehead repeatedly as I headed back home.